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Squats and Spackle, Take Two
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Squats and Spackle, Take Two I swear this place, this post-eating, lag time generating , half-assed notification place. Imma write this again, just for shits and giggles.  So, I've been catching up on all the diet and exercise trends, watching make up tutorials. Let me just say that trying to find my me-ness again seems like a fucking lot of work. Two and a half years of menopausal depression has left me sitting in the dust when it comes to knowing about new discoveries in the arenas I need the most work in, diet and make up for the over fifties set. I fear my vanity is overtaking my good sense. The diet part, adjusting what I eat and when I eat is not difficult, it is just a pain in the ass. I am a through to the bone Southern style cook, and I've spent the better part of forty years tinkering with recipes to create crispy fried chicken with perfect crunchy skin and juicy tender meat, fruit cobblers and pies with buttery crusts and enough sugar to give a person diabetes just from the smell. When it comes to cooking a heart attack meal, I'm a contender. People love my cooking and I'm not going to be able to eat most of it, even on a cheat day. But after getting on the scales last night, it's going to be at least a year before I can even consider a cheat day. There's a lot of work to be done.  Me, before I started growling at<b> mirrors. </font></b>The problem is not the food, it's exercise. For now, I have it covered. I do laps in the pool along with some aquasizes. The water lifts the weight off the joints and I can work out for an hour without crying in pain and hearing my joints sound like a piece of sandpaper being drug across asphalt. And it is working. I was able to get out and take some short walks without coming back home and going straight to bed with a heating pad. I've been using the two youngest minion as free weights too, the giggles make exercise less boring. Go me! But summer is winding down, and unfortunately all the indoor pools I could have access to open too late and close too early to accommodate my work schedule. Plus there is my natural squeamishness about public pools. I have seen one too many get in and stay in for hours at a time. And I know, I just know, I'm going to be swimming in what amounts to toilet water. Yeah, but no. Just no. So, gentle readers, I'm open to suggestions on an exercise routine that is low impact for arthritic joints in the lower back, hips, and knees. Which sadly, is where I have always had problems keeping toned.  My once upon a time makeup look. Which now makes me look like I'm auditioning for the role of Pennywise. My other problem is what to do with my skin, which is starting to look a lot like a topographical map of the Grand Canyon. I need to slow this avalanche of my face, tone up the turkey wattle under my chin and find a filler for some of these deepening wrinkles that just keep cropping up. (My wtf lines could grow a plant or two if I just rubbed a little dirt in them.) I've watched hours of tutorial videos on skincare and makeup for women over fifty. And they are confusing and contradictory, but I think I've got the basics, I need cleanser, antioxidant moisturizer, retinol, eye cream and sunscreen. The sunscreen seems a bit redundant, because most of the things I've looked at have sunscreen in them. Then I need a foundation primer, concealer, foundation, blush and bronzer, and a finishing powder to lock everything in place. I don't really like the idea of contouring, I'm not wanting to spend three hours playing with putting on make up, I've never liked heavily weighted make up and all this spackle I'm going to need already feels heavy just reading about it. So the contouring is not going to happen. But which products are worth the investment? There are tons and tons and tons of stuff out there, and while I know the cheap stuff is not worth buying, I'm not someone who can or ever will feel comfortable spending half a paycheck on makeup products. I need someone to tell me what the hell I need to buy! Help, all you beautiful women, tell my woefully out of touch self what works for you. And now you've heard my pleas, the minions are ready for our romping, so love peace and chicken grease! Wait...no chicken grease...I'm so bad at this. "Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson   |
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I'm totally on board with getting healthy and eating better and making arthritis a little easier to deal with (ahem, notice I have zero suggestions on how to do that)... but makeup?????  There is NO makeup that doesn't make women look older when they wear it unless they're under 20. Don't do it. Moisturize, maybe mascara and lip gloss but good old fashioned exfoliation and oil of olay are the best friends to have!
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Fruits, Nuts, Veggies...Animal proteins...Invest in a "Air-Fryer"...They ROCK...There is one by Phillips that is Da Bomb...Crispy foods without oils or fats...That old adage..."All things in moderation"...Well it's pretty right on when it comes to living...Take a look at Isometrics and Tai-Chi...Good stuff very low impact...Works for tone and balance...I've taken to riding Margie...A lot...I push myself as far as distance...Haven't tackled very many inclines as yet...Too much fun coasting downhill...Swimming & Water Aerobics are wonderful...Find someone who owns a pool and offer to maintain it in exchange for use...Hydration and moisturization are our friends...  
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Easy Yoga for Arthritis by Peggy Cappy...I got that as a freebie from PBS years ago during a pledge drive but never used it after the first few weeks. It was good stuff. I cannot help with the diet...I am an ice cream junkie...and haven't worn makeup in years so you're out of luck on that one too. Heck...I don't even put on sunscreen most of the time and I know that is a no-no. When the tides of life are against you And the current upsets your boat Don't think of things that might have been Just lay on your back and float Ed Norton / The Honeymooners 1954
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I do recumbent elliptical. Knees are stronger and less pain and a 40 pound wt loss. Avoid impact on knees. Avoid the drive throughs. I stopped diet drinks. They just stimulate your appetite and destroy your bones. Good luck with this.
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wildnwanton replies on 8/1/2017 1:28 pm: Oh I'm swimming every day, I'm looking for something to work with this winter. And I'm in search of that girl, she in here...buried for a minute. I'll bring her back if it kills me though. This weight is just too damn much. ******** OK, got it, but I'll tell you what I tell ALL my female friends when they announce weight loss plans - "Well...OK...IF you insist, but nothing off the boobies!" 10 Colorful Places in the US Are Mutual Hates the Basis for a Relationship Ex39s amp Oh39s [post 3312759] My Private Blog – Tell Me All You Secrets
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I can't be much help with make-up tips, but do tend to agree with the others about not going overboard - well unless the situation calls for the wh**e-ish look, which can be fun a fun game too!!  I'm all about swimming, the best overall exercise, and a great way to at least tone, if not actually reduce. As far as finding an ool (that's a pool without the p), ehh, that's what the chlorine is for, just don't swallow (in THIS case!). ANOTHER great pic, and this time the credit goes to the model! 10 Colorful Places in the US Are Mutual Hates the Basis for a Relationship Ex39s amp Oh39s [post 3312759] My Private Blog – Tell Me All You Secrets
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Try Laura Geller on QVC. She has most of the products you listed and often there are online video lessons on how to apply. Never ignore those who care for you you will have lost diamonds while you were collecting stones
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Ah now McWild, please hold off the make up, it's never appealing when you lean in to peck a lady on the cheek and kinda get stuck for a split second on the way back.........!!  There are few things in life more beautiful than a beautiful mature woman aging with grace, just my opinion anyways. I've never seen the current you, but if the past you is anything to go by, I'm sure you fit that bill.  When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
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Ah now McWild, please hold off the make up, it's never appealing when you lean in to peck a lady on the cheek and kinda get stuck for a split second on the way back.........!! There are few things in life more beautiful than a beautiful mature woman aging with grace, just my opinion anyways. I've never seen the current you, but if the past you is anything to go by, I'm sure you fit that bill.
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You make my mouth water....and I don't mean just from the food  
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